At the Local Carmax

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii) 04/11/2018 at 12:21 • Filed to: ford focus rs

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A carmax warranty seems like the perfect solution to potential head gasket trauma.

interstate366, now In The Industry > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:27

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*Matt Farah butthurt intensifies*

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:31

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ford issued a recall on them, shouldnt have to worry

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:31

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If the head gasket issue has been fixed, are they reliable outside of that?

Ash78, voting early and often > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:31

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When I was a kid in the 80s, I remember my dad (an aircraft engineer) going on about how unbelievable it was that all these great modern cars were still having failures on head gaskets and how unacceptable that was. In the 80s.

Textured Soy Protein > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:36

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Having Ford perform the recall would probably be a better solution.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:37

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You can get a base new FoRS for around $34,000. Unless you really want the forged wheels(strong but not particularly light) and LSD; I think that’s the better buy right now.

BeaterGT > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/11/2018 at 12:43

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Didn’t he just find out his car was affected as well?

PS9 > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:46

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O-ring the block.

LET’S SEE THAT GASKET LEAK NOW, MUAFUGGA

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 04/11/2018 at 12:48

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I mean, they aren’t that old yet, but they seem to hold together better than an STI.

LongbowMkII > Textured Soy Protein 04/11/2018 at 12:51

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LongbowMkII > LongbowMkII 04/11/2018 at 12:53

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Needs manual.

interstate366, now In The Industry > BeaterGT 04/11/2018 at 13:27

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Don’t know, honestly don’t care.

Photoshop his head into this picture. (Credit to our own MonkeePuzzle for this)

BeaterGT > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/11/2018 at 13:40

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Hmm I thought he was trying to uphold the RS’s reptutation. Oh well, not important. They’re all going to blow up eventually.

interstate366, now In The Industry > BeaterGT 04/11/2018 at 13:43

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He is. The FK8 is the Civic Type R, which he proclaimed all of them overheat because the one he test drove did once.

BeaterGT > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/11/2018 at 14:12

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Ah, did not know that. TIL

I have seen crunchy shifts from the Type R, I wonder if that was ever addressed.

interstate366, now In The Industry > BeaterGT 04/11/2018 at 15:55

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Probably not, that’s a 30-year-old issue with Honda. My 1991 Prelude does the same thing.